What's happening
This bill changes how school district wealth is calculated by excluding the highest and lowest 0.5% of taxpayer incomes.
Why it matters
Redefines district wealth by removing data from both the wealthiest and poorest 0.5% of taxpayers, aiming to prevent outliers from distorting funding calculations. This could lead to a more accurate portrayal of the “average” family in a district and affect how state aid is distributed.
May benefit districts with extreme income disparities. for example, those with a few ultra-high earners or extremely low-income residents—by basing funding formulas on a more representative middle group.
Could shift state education aid allocations. , potentially increasing funds to districts previously considered “wealthy” due to a handful of high earners, or reducing aid to districts where a small number of low-income taxpayers skewed the average downward.
Raises questions about fairness and targeting of school funding. , as the exclusion of both ends of the income spectrum alters longstanding definitions of district wealth and could impact educational equity debates.
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Remove Extremes From School Income
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4524
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, CAHILL, BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school district adjusted gross income for purposes of determining the alternative pupil wealth ratio and combined wealth ratio
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 13 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(1) "Alternate pupil wealth ratio" shall mean the number computed to three decimals without rounding obtained when the adjusted gross income of a school district for the calendar year two years prior to the calendar year in which the base year began divided by the total wealth pupil units of such district is divided by the statewide adjusted gross income per total wealth pupil unit. Such statewide average gross income per pupil shall be established each year by the commissioner and shall be transmitted to school districts. Such statewide average shall be rounded to the nearest hundredth and shall include the adjusted gross income and total wealth pupil units of all school districts eligible for aid pursuant to this section except central high school districts. For the purposes of calculating such statewide average the data for the city school district of the city of New York shall be citywide data. The calculation of the adjusted gross income of a school district shall not include the adjusted gross income of the one-half of one percent of the taxpayers in such school district who have the greatest adjusted gross incomes, and shall not include the adjusted gross income of the one-half of one percent of the taxpayers in such school district who have the lowest adjusted gross incomes.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08818-01-9
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